Bail



Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

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JDHN' HOTHERSALL,.OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T AMERICAN 'CAIl'COM-- PANY, OF NEW YORK,"N."Y.,A CORPORATION OF JERSEY.

BAIL.

Applicationfiled-August 9, i1'920,-S'eria1 No. .402,333. mene wed July.20, 1925.v

Y '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. Ho'rrrERsALL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bails, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates in general to bails for pails, buckets, and thelike, and more particularly to means for engaging and retaining the endsthereof in bail ears attached to the sides of the receptacle.

A principal object of my present invention is the provision of a bailand bail ear connection which will be from all practical standpointsindestructible in service and which will remain operative when thebailis distorted in various ways, and permit of the rebending of the bail,after distortion, to accurate shape without danger of destroying thebail ear connection.

A further object of the invention is the provision of such a bail whichmay be easily attached by hand, and the ends of which may be bent to thedesired form, to be hereinafter described, before the bail is securedupon the bucket, requiring no reforming thereafter.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of abail whichis at once capable of attachment to a receptacle without possible injuryto any of the parts thereof,

and incapable of removal without damaging the bail or the engaging ears.There is con siderable diiiiculty in practice with many types of bailsby reason of the fact that they often jar or are forced out of positionduring handling of the bucket or receptacle. To meet this difficulty, Ihave provided a means for locking the bail in place so that afterassembly such accidental removal is prevented.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentas it is better understood from the following description whenconsidered in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating apreferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure '1 is a top view of apail or bucket provided with a bailillustrating my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken upon the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, andshowing the bail in completely assembled position.

A preferred embodiment of my invention which I have chosen for purposesof illus tration comprises a bail 11 engaged in bail ears attached onopposite sides of the upper portion of the pail body 13. The bail endportions designated generally by the reference character 14; aresimilarly bent to desireld form prior to being secured upon the pal Saidform consists of a bend 15 and a bend 16 which bring the bail outwardlyand downwardly over the exterior of the bail ear and in generalconformity with the shape thereof to a point opposite an aperture 17 insaid car. At this point there is another bend 18 providing asubstantially horizontal portion 19 which is designed to seat in theaperture 17.

Still another bend 21 brings the extreme end 22 back toward theinteriorsurface of after the bail is once attached it is practically impossibleto remove it.

In order to provide an easy method of assembly, the bail may be bent ata'distance from one end as shown at 23 in such manner as to permit theinsertion of the hook at that end into the aperture of one ear after theother hook has been placed in normal position in the other car.

To accomplish this the bend 23 may be gradually removed after theextreme end 22 has entered the aperture thus progressively bringing thehook into locked position. After the bail has been reformed to its normal curve it is permanently and safely secured upon the pail.

The bails may be furnished to the trade with the bend 23 already formed,or they may be furnished in normal shape, it being entirely practicalfor the user to form said bend by hand at the time of attaching thebail.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantageswill be understood from the foregoing description, and it will beapparent that various changes may be made in form, construction, andarrangement of the parts without departing from the ear, forming a hookof such shape that form hereinbefore described being a pre arms of saidbail having an inward bend ferred embodiment thereof. 23 at a distancefrom said pivot portion. I claim: 2. A bail for pails, bucketsand thelike, 1 1. A'bail for pails, buckets and the like having at each end apivot-portionadapted 5 having at each end a substantially horizontal toextend inward through theopening of a pivot portion adapted to extendthrough the bail ear, and having therebeyond a downopening of a bail earand having the1 ebe wardly and outwardly extending return part yond adownwardly extending return part 22, to allow the extreme end of thebail to 20 arranged at an acute angle with the horibe first insertedthrough the ear and then 10 zontal pivot portion and adapted to extendto abut against the inner side of the bail back toward the materialofthe bail ear ear which embraces said pivot portion. embracing saidpivot portion, one of the JOHN M. HOTHERSALL.

